Cemeteries: Old Mennonite Cemetery: Upper Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Karen Souhrada. souhrada@rochester.rr.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ Old Mennonite Cemetery, near Pennsville, Upper Tyrone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania [Inscriptions copied from headstones during the year 1941, and this index transcribed for archive use 11/1997] KEISTER LIZZIE, wife of SOLOMON KEISTER; died (date not legible); in the year of her age... [Note: This stone was found broken and lying down, evidently out of place and it seems to have been replaced by the following:] ELIZABETH, wife of SOLOMON KEISTER, 1818-1864 JOHN, son of S. & S., d. 2/1/1857, age 12 years, 1 month and 23 days CATHARINE, daughter of S. & S., d. 2/13/1848, age 1 year, 11 months, 18 days MARTHA, daughter of S. & S., d. April, 1858, age 14 days SARAH, wife of SOLOMON, d. 4/23/1858, age 37 years, 9 months, 16 days WILLIE, son of S. & S.(?), d. 9/22/1860, age 0 years, 6 months, 1 day SHERRICK CYRUS, son of J. & M. SHERRICK, d. 9/16/1870, age 22 years, 7 months, 1 day "Our Mother, MARGARET SHERRICK, d. 11/21/1881, age 58 years, 4 months, 6 days. HENRY, d. 12/28/1816, age 5 months, 18 days ELIZABETH, wife of CHRISTIAN, d. 12.13/1868, in her 78th year "In memory of Rev. CHRISTIAN SHERRICK, who departed this life 3/12/1845, age 56 years, 1 month, 23 days." "Our Aunt CATHARINE, d. 8/22/1887, age 94 years, 10 months, 13 days." ANNA, wife of JOSEPH, who departed this life 8/19/1850, age 84 years, 3 months, 11 days. JOSEPH, who departed this life, 12/21/1811, age 53 years, 11 months, 26 days. ANN, wife of JOHN,Sr., d. 8/16/18587, in her 82nd year. [Note: Old stone tumbled over, and reads:] "In memory of JOHN SHERRICK, who departed this life 12/16/1846, in the 79th year of his age. [Evidently replaced with a newer stone, with the following inscription:] JOHN SHERRICK, Sr., d. 12/16/1846, in his 79th year "In memory of MARTIN, who departed this life 5/15/1825, age 5 months, 7 days." "In memory of ELIZABETH, who departed this life 10/12/1836, age 3 years, 1 month, and 9 days Infant.... Of J. & J., d. October...., 186? BEIDLER ELIZABETH, wife of JOSEPJ, d. 3/23/1878 (?); aged 59 years, 10 months, 18days JOSEPH, d. 11/29/1880, age 75 years, 5 months, 18 days SAMUEL, son of J. & E., d. 9/6/1851, (?), age 2 years, and 12 days JOSEPH, son of J. & E., d. 4/11/1845 (?), age 0 years, 8 months, 24 days Infant Son of J. & E., d. 10/12/1838 NANCY, daughter of J. & E., D. 1/15/1836, AGE 2 YEARS, 7 MONTHS, 17 DAYS MARY, wife of JOSEPH, d. 5/1/1836, age 29 years, 1 month, 7 days JACOB, son of J. & B., d. 3/12/1831, age 0 years, 6 months, 16 days BARBARY, wife of JOSEPH BEIDLER, d. 10/7/1830, age 23 years, 11 months, 11 days (?) Found on stones # 12 & 13 on index, for BEIDLER: "In memory of JACOB BEIDLER, Sr., who departed this life 11/24/1833, age 75 years, and 18 days." JOHN S., d. 4/11/1875, age 39 years, 10 days MARTHA, wife of JOHN S., d. 12/4/1874, age 33 years, 4 months, 12 days JESSE, b. 10/9/1856, d. 6/14/1907 "In memory of MAGDALENA, wife of JACOB, who departed this life 5/17/1821, age 55 years." Stone #14: A heavy shaped stone which has the top part broken and gone. Inscription in German: ......von Montgomery County, Ward geberen den 22nd January 1790, 1st gestorben den 4th April 1822 Sein Alter Ward. LEIGHTY "In memory of NANCY, wife of PETER, who died 2/21/18__, age ____" (stone decayed) "In memory of PETER, who departed this life 3/15/1837, in the 51st year of his age. STOUFFER "In memory of CHATHARINE, wife of HENRY, who departed this life 12/23/1828, age 16 years, 8 months, 23 days." "In memory of HENRY, d. 1/26/1849, age 44 years, 11 months, 20 days CATHARINE, daughter of HENRY & S. STAUFFER, (stone is broken, DMO, page 104 gives: b. 6/21/1832 - d. 2/13/1849 "In memory of MAGDALENE, consort of PETER, who departed this life 9/25/1851, age 73 years, 9 months, 1 day "In memory of MARY, consort of JOHN, daughter of HENRY & CATHARINE STIMEL, who departed this life 5/26/1834, age 22 years, 6 months, 27 days." LANDIS ELIZABETH, wife of SAMUEL, departed this life 8/20/1836, age 33 years, 3 months, 5 days SAMUEL, departed this life 2/9/1852, age 57 years, 5 months, 6 days WESTBAY, JANE, d. 7/26/1869, in her 27th year STAUFFER 1817 ANNA STAUFFER gestorben den 20 ten Sept. alter 65 Iahr. Rev. ABRAHAM STAUFFER, D. 9/3//1826, AGE 74 YEARS. NANCY, d. 5/8/1824, age 6 years, 9 months, 17 days. POLLY, d. 6/26/1825, age 6 years, 9 months, 17 days ELIZABETH, d. 7/__/1825, age 9 years, 10 months, 16 days ABRAHAM, d. 8/15/1825, age 14 months, 21 days "In memory of CATHARINE, who departed this life 1/26/1842, age 13 years, 2 months, 26 days" CATHARINE, d. 5/7/1871, age 79 years, 3 months, 28 days JOHN W., d. 2/22/1852, age 63 years, 5 months, 12 days [Note: see page 787 of Ellis' "History of Fayette County, PA"] "In memory of ELIZABETH, wife of MARTIN, who departed this life 8/8/1832, age 55 years, 1 month, 27 days." MARTIN, d. 3/8/1869, age 88 years, 6 months, 7 days URIAH N., son of A. D. & M., d. 11/9/1856, in his 16th year BENJAMIN, son of A. D. & M, d. 2/13/1835, age 1 year, 1 month, and 6 days "In memory of MARY, wife of A. D., who departed this life 4/10/1845, age 39 years, 11 months, and 28 days "in memory of ABRAHAM D., who departed this life 5/13/1849, age 46 years, 6 months, 14 days ELIZABETH, wife of ABRAHAM, d. 11/11/1878, in her 96th year ABRAHM, d. 5/31/1853, age 67 years, 3 months, 6 days "Our Mother, CATHARINE, b. 2/22/1812; died 1/15/1862" Infant Son of J.M. 7 C., December, 1850 "In memory of JACOB S., son of J. M., who departed this life 6/9/1842, age 8 months, 20 days CHANCY, son of A. L. & C., d. 8/31/1860, age 29 days. Infant son of J. R. & A. E., d. 2/7/1861 SAMUEL, d. 6/15/1819, age 24 years, 5 months, 0 days HEATH MARY, consort of JOHN, who died 10/3/1850, in the 61st year of her age. ABRAHAM, son of S. & S., d. October, 1844, aged 3 months SAMUEL, d. 8/1/1854, in his 57th year SMITH JACOB, d. 2/21/1868, age 71 years and 2 months [Note, next to above, is a grave (headstone gone), but a foot-stone, inscribed with C. S., is evidently for: CATHARINE SMITH (nee GALLEY), 1799-1888] "In memory of BARBARA, d. 9/6/1847, age 74 years, 1 month, _1 days [Note: Next to above, is a large rough stone marker; inscription not legible. (This likely marks the grave of HENRY SMITH, who died 1829)] DETWILER "In memory of HENRY, who departed this life 3/5/1833, age 7 years, 3 months, 27 days." "In memory of JOSEPH, d. 11/6/1845, age 17 years, 4 months, 5 days." SUSANNAH, wife of HENRY, d. 2/1/1856, age 57 years, 10 months, 4 days "In memory of HENRY, who departed this life, 3/9/1847, age 53 years, 10 onths, 27 days." "In memory of MARY ANN, daughter of S. & E., who departed this life 10/3/1851, age 4 years, 3 months and 16 days." OVERHOLT ELIZABETH, wife of H. D., died 5/7/1863, age 59 years, 4 months, 17 days HENRY D., d. 2/29/1856, age 56 years, 4 months JOHN, son of H. D. & E., [Note: followed by two lines of inscription that are illegible], d. 3/1/1863, age 32 years, 5 months, 9 days. GRINDLE ABRAHAM, son of A. & B., d. 7/17/1877, age 0 years, 5 months, 11 days DAISY L., daughter of A. & B., d. 8/26/1874, age 15 days GRINDEL MAGGIE K., DAUGHTER OF ABRAM & B., d. 3/14/1874, age 1 year, 3 months, 16 days EDDIE R., son of ABRAM 7 B., d. 8/29/1875, age 9 months and 2 days CARRIE D., daughter of ABRAM 7 B, d. 9/28/1870, age 0 years, 8 months, 15 days "Our Mother, NANCY A., wife of JOHN, d. 7/14/1870, age 75 years, 6 months, 14 days GOSSELL (or COSSELL) SUSANNA, wife of I. M, d. 10/18/1894, age 54 years, 2 months, 23 days HENRY, D. 7/16/1877, AGE 22 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS JOHNSTON THOMAS, d. 7/13/1911, age 90 years SUSANNA, his wife, d. 12/7/1910, age 89 years NANCY M., daughter of T. & S., d. 10/22/1867, age 9 years, 8 months, 18 days JOHN, son of T. & S., d. 5/2/1879, age 6 years, 21 days FREED ANNA, wife of PETER, d. 10/18/1878, age 65 years, 4 months, 2 days HENRY S., son of P. & A., d. 2/25/1859, age 19 years and 26 days PETER, d. 6/27/1861, age 51 years, 2 months, 19 days HENRY N., d. 7/20/1872, in his 52 year [UNKNOWN: Rough hewn stone, lying down, is inscribed U.N.E. 1819] POTTER ETTIE M., daughter of T. L. & S. A. , d. 3/2/1882, age 2 years, 9 months, 23 days ELLENBERGER BETSY, wife of URIAH, d. 7/2/1873, age 74 years URIAH, d. 1/10/1846 (?), age 53 years, 3 months, 1 day SHALLENBARGER, CHRISTINA, d. 11/8/1882, in the 64 (?74) year of her age MATHIAS "In memory of HENRY, who died 11/26/1842, age 8 years, 1 month, 26 days ANN, wife of JACOB [rest of inscription is illegible] [UNKNOWN: Unhewn stone with the inscription, H. C., 1820] [UNKNOWN: Unhewn stone with the inscription, P. N. K. 1742 - 1820 [UNKNOWN: A crudely shaped stone, lying flat on the ground, with the inscription CA. N., June the 15, 1836] RIDENOUR "Our father, JACOB, d. 3/26/1878, age 70 years and 18 days." NANCY, wife of JACOB, d. 8/8/1870, age 61 years and 14 days Infant Daughter of (illegible), d. 1/15/1851 RITENOUR GEORGE, son of H. M. & E. C., d. 4/12/1862, age 11 months, 22 days Infant daughter of H. M. & E. C., d. 7/1/1855 LYON MARIA JOHANNA, wife of G. C., d. 12/12/1884, age 76 years, 7 months, 21 days CHRISTOPHER C., d. 4/19/1855, age 61 years, 1 month, 11 days ROWAN JNO., Co. H 142nd PA Infantry [Note: Perhaps same person as above:] JOHN, d. 11/12/1882, age 41 years. 2 months, 16 days HARRY N. , son of JOHN & C., d. 8/19/1875 (age is illegible) GETTEMY SAMUEL A., son of S.S. & N. Gettemy, d. 6/22/1879 (?), age 9 years. (?) WILLIAM, son of S. S. & N., d. 1/25/1879 (?), age (illegible) ROSA A., daughter of S. S. & N., d. 4/27/1874, age...(?) COWAN, ROBBIE T., son of R. & C, d. 9/5/1886 (?), age 1 year,....(?) CRAMER JOHN ELMER, son of ? & H. E., d. 7/17/1888_, age 5 months WALTER J., son of W. K. & J. L., d. 10/11/1882 (?), aged 6 years, 11 months, 26 days BROWN, VERLINDS, daughter of J. F. & M. J., b. 10/11/1880, d. 4/11/? SLEIGHTER, DANIEL E., son of J. & S., d. 2/24/1882, age 7 years, 11 months, 24 days GALLENTINE SOPHIA, daughter of A. W. & M., b. 10/29/1876m d, 10/23/1882 NORA, daughter of A.W. & M., [Balance of inscription is illegible] ELIZABETH, daughter of ?, [Balance of inscription is illegible] McMILLAN, BARBARA, d. 11/15/1878, age 45 years, 10 months CAMPBELL,......., d.. 2/22/188_(?), aged .....(illegible) ANSEL MARY A., wife of ALLEN, d. 2/5/1882, in the 38th year of her age. DORA, daughter of A. & M., d. [Balance of inscription is illegible] BLUM Hier Ruhet EMILIE Blum, Geb. Heinrichs, 11/11/1849. Gest. 8/11/1897 Sanft Ruhe Ihre Asche. Near the NE corner of the grounds, is a plot marked off with sturdy concrete corner markers, including estimated are of at least 14 x 25 feet, with letters J. M. carved on top of posts. The grounds include a large number of graves either marked with simple unhewn stones, or not marked at all, as may be gathered from sunken places. A general estimate would be that nearly as many graves are without identification as are identified by carving on the head stones. In NE part of cemetery is a neatly kept family plot with the following markers: ABRAM, son of PETER and BARBARA ROWAN, d. 6/26/1886, age 19 years, 2 months, 23 days Infant son of P. & B., born and died 3/1/1866 MARY IDA, daughter of P. & B, d. 4/20/1866, age 5 years, 9 months, 9 days CATHARINE, daughter of P. & B., d. 9/9/1877, age 8 years, 6 months, 8 days CLARK, son of PETER and BARBARA, d. 11/16/1877, age 22 years, 10 days Our Mother, CHRISTINA LIVENGOOD, d. 7/6/1849, age 38 years, 11 months, 2 days Mother, BARBRA L. ROWEN, 1833 - 1914 Father, PETER ROWEN, d. 3/24/1895, age 59 years, 11 months, 11 days JOHN, 1871-1925 BETTIE, 1867 - 1925 --- end of Old Mennonite Cemetery Index ---